From June 9 to the 24, you'll be able to enjoy Italian Theater like you were in Italy.

I am happy to announce that the winner of the first edition of theMario Fratti Award

is CARLOTTA CORRADI with Via dei Capocci.

The reading will take place June 23 at the Theater for the New City, while the Award Ceremony will be at the Italian Cultural Institute in NY on the Closing Night on June 24.

Two special events and two readings have been added to the program. It's all here. read, enjoy (and buy the tickets!). For more info, check out our websites: www.inscenany.com or www.kitheater.com. OR our In Scena Facebook page and look for In Scena on Instagram and on Twitter.

Enjoy the calendar, the shows and the readings, the artists and the events, we can't wait to see you all around the five boroughs. SEE YOU AT THE THEATER(s)!

CIAO,

Laura&KIT

The 2014 Edition of In Scena! is presented by KIT-Kairos Italy Theater in collaboration with The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, The Embassy of Italy in Washington DC, The Italian Cultural Institute in New York, Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimo', Bernie Wohl Community Center at Goddard Riverside, Calandra Institute for Italian American Studies, Dicapo Opera, the Belmont Business District Development, the National Italian American Foundation, the Arthur Avenue Market Association, The Secret Theater, The Italian Cultural Foundation at Casa Belvedere, Manducatis Rustica and KIT Italia.

with IAIA FORTE,leading actress in The Great Beauty by Paolo Sorrentino (Academy Award, 2014, Best Foreign Language Film).

The play is based on Sorrentino's 2010 novel, "Hanno tutti ragione," which tells the story of Tony Pagoda, a singer from the far suburbs of Naples. During his long career, he performed on stage across the world's most important venues, including Radio City Music Hall, where he met Frank Sinatra. A great ladies' man, cocaine addict and alcoholic, he emigrates to Brazil to start a new life, until he receives an offer he can't refuse.

The story of Carletta, a Shakespearean village fool, who witnesses the kidnapping by the Calabrese mafia - 'ndrangheta - of the Italian national soccer team. The army, politicians and journalists, too busy creating a media storm around the event, and blinded by the magnitude of the news, don't notice her. She's the only person who knows where the team is hidden - but nobody believes her.

Written and performed by Francesco Meola and Irene Turri, directed by Ilaria Ambrogi.

Produced by OyesOverseas.

Neighbors is a journey into the absurd situations experienced by two Italian immigrants in New York City. They have opposite personalities, but they are both products of a generation with no certainties. Through this anti-romantic comedy, you follow their brilliant and often funny exchanges on sex, relationships and work.

"RaeP" is an exploration of language: bodies and words, lights and sets, that become the language of the stage. The theme of the show is safety in the workplace, explored through the story of a blue-collar worker, a casualty of occupational fatality, and through that of a student, caught in the harness of a society that can never guarantee he'll be employed.

Written by Aldo Rapè, directed by Lauro Versari and performed by Aldo Rapé and Marco Carlino.

Winner of the Avignon Off Festival 2012 award for Best Foreign Show.

Saro and Salvuccio are brothers, one is a priest, one is a mafioso. They have been silent (mutu) for years because of necessity until one day one can no longer pretend not to know what he knows and needs to rebel.

Two men come face to face in a poetry duel. Like two Commedia Dell'Arte actors, except without the masks, the two protagonists satirize the cliché of the "Italian Macho" through the words of some of the world's most beautiful love poetry.

In a village in the south of Italy, today's immigrants compete in the first-ever clandestine soccer world championship to determine who will have control over the city center for the following year. Italy, Libya, Morocco, Poland, Ukraine and Senegal are the impromptu national teams fighting to become the champions of their suburban world. In the middle of it all is the love story between an Italian midfield player and an Indian girl...

Based on true events, The story revolves around four youths who are recruited by the Camorra as look-outs: their job is to play soccer in a village square and let the Camorra know when the police, or anyone else suspicious, arrives. Saviano's story focuses on the 'careers' of the youths, among them a rising Camorra Boss, each of whom has to choose between soccer and crime.

The YoungKIT performs in a reading of De Filippo's various work. YoungKIT is the youth division of KIT, the Italian Theatre Company in NY, and is comprised of performing artists in their 20s, all of Italian origins.

Lina, an old resident of Via dei Capocci in Rome, rents out rooms to immigrant prostitutes. Here she meets Irina, a former prostitute from Easter Europe, who is looking for work as a cleaning woman. Their present situation mixes with scenes from the 1950s, in which prostitutes Viola and Mery share a room in a brothel. As the play progresses, we discover a secret connecting the women in the play.

Free Verse, the first poetry program born in a probation center waiting room, will host a workshop/performance with the artists of In Scena! Italian Theater Festival NY.

This cultural exchange between professional Italian actors and writers and emerging writers from the South Bronx community will feature performances of both classic and original works in English, Spanish, and Italian. The events are led by Dave Johnson, poet in residence for the Department of Probation and are open to the public.

Rugantino in NY!

After 50 years, the famous Italian musical comedy, Rugantino, is back in NY June 12-14, 2014.

KIT's mission is to create a cultural exchange program between Italy, the US and the international community, to unveil artistic and creative sides of these two countries to the world.

In the States, Kairos Italy Theater is dedicated to spreading the Italian Culture and to creating an Italian Cultural Network in order to support and further increase the knowledge of Italy in the States.

In 2013 KIT has created the YOUNGKIT, the young division of KIT, where a group of young artists work together on traditional and contemporary Italian plays, acted in English and in Italian.

KIT has also founded TEATRO ITALIANO NETWORK, the theater consulting by KIT, to help theater company to make their show in New York.